◊ Porthkerry Park, Barry - A shady walk to the beach, the old wood mill, the medeval village and the railway viaduct ; just some examples of human activity since the 13th century which also included a resident convicted of witchcraft! The park was purchased by the local council in 1929 from the Romilly family estate. It was used extensively during WWII by both British and American armed forces in the preparation for the D-Day offensive.
A digital record from the archive of the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth of the work of Martin J. Ridley, photographer during the years 1900 to 1910. The archive record is a black and white, glass dry-plate negative. [439] [Preferred citation: Ridley 1414]